Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2032 Summer Olympics

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Delete. —Wknight94 (talk) 02:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2032 Summer Olympics

Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. It specificly says in WP:NOT#CBALL not to create 2032 Summer Olympics article now. Natl1 22:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There's a single source, but that's hardly enough for an article until there are more candidate cities.--Kchase T 23:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per Wikipedia is not a crystal ball and it's just a bit too early to be looking ahead to the 2032 Summer Olympics already. Jayden54 23:08, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. -- Kicking222 23:23, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete You have got to love the irony of the fact that this specific olympic games is given as an example at WP:NOT#CBALL as an example of an unacceptable article. --The Way 07:49, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
~~Strong Keep~~ Delete A fantastic inside joke by those who read the crystal ball page. I think the creator used the page in fantastic fashion even finding one source for the material! aha, great stuff. Delete, Delete, Delete, Delete, Delete. MrMacMan 09:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: I'm never sure if sarcasm works over the internet... hmmm MrMacMan 23:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - check whether the event is being planned already or not. If it is not being planned, speedy delete. If it is being planned, speedy keep. --Ineffable3000 01:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete parody page that borders on WP:POINT. B.Wind 02:17, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — per nom. Dionyseus 01:28, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this smells like a blogger-created page --61.114.193.19 12:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Yes, it's pretty funny that WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball disallows this article by name. And I don't know how reputable the external source is, and even if it's reliable, it's pretty trivial with respect to the 2032 Olympics as Ghana is only "considering" a bid, which it "might not [meaning 'probably will not'?] win" -- so, that external reference can't support a Wikipedia article, so the article should be deleted. But that external source does sort of undermine the assertion at WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a crystal ball that nothing can be said about [the 2032 summer Olympics] that is verifiable and not original research. I suggest replacing "2032" with "2036" over at WP:NOT, when this AFD is over. Pan Dan 14:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Good idea. It's done.--Kchase T 18:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. The article itself begins by saying "The 2032 Summer Olympics' location is still undecided." So no single fact about it exists in the present except the year it is scheduled to take place. The tenuousness of Ghana's bid is underscored by the linked article itself, in which a Ghana representative acknowledges “the idea might sound funny now." The only substantive action Ghana has taken is write the IOC and "receive information about the date for the submission of the bids." If the article were entitled Ghana's tentative consideration of bidding to be the venue for the 2032 Summer Olympics we would not accept it. But that's all there is to the article. Dpbsmith (talk) 22:17, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The name of the article's creator, Futureboy21, raises at least a suspicion of WP:POINT in my mind. Dpbsmith (talk) 22:23, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.